Cable-support.



PATBNTED JULY 17, 1906. 1). E. SANDERS.

OABLB- SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED IEB.9,1906.

DAVID E. SANDERS, OF SISTERSVILLE, WEST VIRGINIA.

CABLE-SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 17, 1906.

Application filed February 9, 1906. Serial No. 300,353.

This invention relates to a cable-support,

and particularly to an oscillating structure adapted to support a wire cable extending from a power mechanism to a pump or other apparatus to which the power is to be applied.

The invention has for an object to provide an improved construction and arrangement of standards extending diagonally upward at an angle of substantially sixty degrees from a horizontal shaft or pivot and provided at their upper end with parallel vertically-disposed faces carrying a supporting bolt or pivot, from which the head secured to the cable is suspended between said faces.

Other and further objects and advantages of the invention will be hereinafter set forth and the novel features thereof defined by the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of the support with the base thereof in section. Fig. 2 is a detail side elevation of the upper portion of one of the standards. Fig. 3 is a similar view of the head attached to the ca ble. Fig. 4. is an enlarged detail section on line X X, Fig. 1; and Fig. 5 is a detail perspective of the base with the support removed therefrom.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts in the several figures of the drawings.

The support is composed of the opposite standards A, extending diagonally toward eachother, preferably at an angle of substantially sixty degrees, said standards being connected together at their lower portion by the shaft B, upon which they are mounted by means of the couplings or collars C. These collars or couplings are unthreaded at their horizontal portion, so as to be slidably mounted for adjustment or insertion of the shaft through the same, while extending upwardly therefrom is the interiorly-threaded T L, into which the lower ends of the standards are threaded. The couplings are held in position upon the shaft by any desired means-for instance, set-screws K, as shown in Fig. 1. The standards are further connected together and traced by means of the diagonally-disposed. rods D, connected together at their point of intersection and each of which is provided at its end with a contact-plate M, having a curved face adapted to fit the standard A and secured thereto by means of a bolt E, extending through the standard and face, as shown in Fig. 4. The head of this bolt is provided upon its under surface with a curved face to seat upon the surface of the standard, and this prevents r0- tative movement of the bolt thereon, while the curvature of the contact-faces M prevents anylateral or twisting movement of the brace-rods D at their point of connection to the standards.

The upper end of each of the standards is flattened from a curved cross-section, as shown in Fig. 2, to form a vertical wall N, the walls of the two standards being parallel, so as to thereby guide and retain the head G for the cable against lateral movement during the oscillation of the support. Extending between the flat portions N is a supportingbolt F, forming a pivot by which the holder G is suspended, such suspension being effected by any suitable means-for instance, the eye H, extending upward from the holder. This holder is provided with a central recess 0 to receive the cable and is formed of two parts secured together by means of screws P, so as to clamp the head upon the cable and against any movement thereon.

This support may be mounted in any suitable form of base in which it has its bearing for oscillationfor instance, as shown in Fig. 5, where the rectangular frame J is provided at opposite sides with bearings Q, to receive the extended ends of the shaft B, which is retained in said bearings by means of the cap-plates R.

In the operation of the invention the parts securing the standards together can be preliminarily assembled and are adapted for immediate and ready mounting upon the base by simply passing the shaft through the bearings on the base and the unthreaded portions of the collars, which are then secured thereon by means of the setscrews carried thereby. The cable may then be raised to the proper height and tension, when the head is clamped thereto and the supporting-bolt inserted to pivot the same. In the move ment of this cable for transmitting motion to the parts to be driven it will be seen that in the oscillation of the support the head carrying the cable travels between the two parallel walls and is thereby guided in its movement and prevented from engaging any interfering part, while it is also free from these walls to avoid frictional contact therewith. The diagonal disposition of the standards A greatly braces the structure and prevents any danger of warping or bulging outwardly from the weight of the cable, while the bracing connections also resist this warping and retain the standards in positive alinement with each other.

Having now described my invention and set forth its merits, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a cable-support, opposite diagonallydisposed standards provided at their upper portions with parallel vertical faces, horizontally-disposed unthreaded sleeves carried by the lower ends of said standards, and a shaft passing through said sleeves.

2. In a cable-support, opposite diagonally disposed standards provided at their upper portions with parallel vertical faces, horizontally-disposed unthreaded sleeves carried by the lower ends of said standards, a shaft passing through said sleeves, inclined braces extending between said standards and provided with contact-faces curved to fit the faces thereof, and means for securing said braces at their opposite ends in contact with the standards.

3. In a cable-support, opposite diagonallydisposed standards provided at their upper portions with parallel vertical faces, horizon tally-disposed unthreaded sleeves carried by the lower ends of said standards, a shaft passing through said sleeves, inclined braces extending between said standards and provided with contact-faces to fit the faces thereof, and

securing-bolts having curved under faces upon their heads and passing through said standards and contact-faces.

4. In a cable-support, opposite diagonallydisposed standards provided at their upper portions with parallel vertical faces, horizontally-disposed unthreaded sleeves carried by the lower ends of said standards, a shaft passing through said sleeves, inclined braces extending between said standards and provided with contact-faces curved to fit the faces thereof, securing-bolts having curved under faces upon their heads and passing through said standards and contact-faces, a supporting-bolt extending through the upper ends of said standards, a head adapted to be clamped upon a cable, and a suspending-eye for said head mounted upon said supportingbolt.

5. A cable-support comprising opposite tubular standards disposed at an angle of substantially sixty degrees and each provided at its upper end with a flattened por tion having a vertically-disposed wall, sleeves threaded upon the lower ends of said standards, a shaft passing through said sleeves, and a set-screw carried by one of said sleeves for connection with said shaft.

6. A cable-support comprising opposite tubular standards disposed at an angle of substantially sixty degrees and each pro vided at its upper end with a flattened portion having a vertically-disposed wall, sleeves threaded upon the lower ends of said standards, a shaft passing through said sleeves, a setscrew carried by one of said sleeves for connection with said shaft, a supporting-bolt extending between the upper portions of the vertical faces, a clamping-head disposed between said. faces, and an eye carried by said head and mounted upon said bolt.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

DAVID E. SANDERS.

Witnesses:

MANFORD TULL, M. V. POTTs. Y 

